Auction Date:2012 May 16 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Son of Swiss author Anne Louise Germaine de Stael-Holstein, known as Madame de Stael, who edited her complete works in seventeen volumes. ALS in French, signed “A. Stael,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9.25, May 28, 1818. Letter to an unidentified recipient. In part (translated): “I will have the honor to send you from [Coppet] the two authorizations which will be necessary to receive the reimbursement of the funds from Louisiana. Our intention, as I already had the honor to write you, is to replace in your funds the money that will come from this reimbursement as well as its interests — then, let me ask you some advice in this respect, that is, indicate to me which placements you give your preference to among the funds of the United States or among the private banks. Let me also commend to your kindness a deal about which I am sorry I am bothering you: the sale of the land we own under your name. This piece of my mother’s inheritance has remained in common between my sister and myself. The Duc de Broglie cannot leave France and my numerous occupations do not allow me to fix the period when I would be able to carry out my project of traveling to the United States; our common desire is to part with this type of property and since we have to acknowledge it is a bad deal, we will have to resign ourselves to accept a price much lower than what we had hoped to get for a long time.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, scattered toning, mounting remnants along left edge, and two ink notations to top.
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